Resources

People often ask me "How did you learn how to hack?" The answer: by reading. This page is a collection of the blog posts and other articles that I have accumulated over the years of my journey. Enjoy!

Webcam Hacking on Safari- 174

Ryan PickerenPosted 5 Years Ago
  • One of the greatest hacking articles I have ever read! This is true hacking to me. Just toying with Safari, understanding its perks and using these perks against itself.
  • There is no super major bug in this article. There are 8+ several subtle things. These subtle bugs chained together lead to an interesting compromise.
  • How was this research done? "Here's how I expect something to work... and Here's how it actually works. Ryan just plays with the parsing and generally how Safari works continually.
  • By exploiting very subtle bugs in parsing and Safari quirks (and having a great understanding of what was happening), he was able to make this possible.